Arnaud Quercy
I'm Arnaud Quercy, an artist based in Paris. I work under rules I define as games. Before a series begins, I institute a rule binding two domains with no natural relation, such as a musical note and a colour, and I publish it. Then I execute it by hand, to the end, without exception. I call this way of working ideamorphism.
How the rule was born, and who executes it, is told in The Artist. The shows where the work has met the public, from the Koblenzer Kunstverein to the Orangerie du Sénat, are gathered in Exhibitions, and what newspapers and institutions have written about it in Press. Every work, sold or not, is recorded in the Catalogue raisonné. The work happens in the open at Art Quam Anima, the gallery-atelier I founded in 2025 at 28 rue du Dragon. The theory behind it is published, and openly audited, by Ideamorphic Studies.
"The artist does not create. The artist emits. Creation happens elsewhere — in you, through you, despite you." — Manifesto Ideamorphiste
About Arnaud Quercy
Arnaud Quercy (born 1968, Meudon, France) is an artist based in Paris. After nineteen years in technology and global operations, he devotes himself entirely to art and music. A composition graduate of IMEP – Paris College of Music, he received in 2018 a special mention at the Maurice Ravel International Composition Competition for The Helper, a piece for chamber orchestra.
He works under rules. Before a series, he institutes a rule binding two domains with no natural relation, executes it by hand to the end, and measures the gap between what the rule prescribes and what the hand realizes. The rule is a stipulation, not a perception. He calls this way of working ideamorphism.
His largest body of work is Harmonic Crossing: paintings executed under a codex that pairs each note with a colour, worked in series of variations, the way a pianist works through scales. Alongside it: Paris Sounds, paintings and sculptures born from recordings of the city; sculpture in steel and ceramic; drawing; digital works; Solabi Vare, ephemeral sand bas-reliefs. Every work carries a permanent AQC code, used in citations, provenance records and across his sites.
In July 2025 he founded Art Quam Anima, the gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, open to the public since 31 January 2026. His books, papers and catalogues are published by Art Quam Anima Publishing New York. The theory is published, and openly audited, by Ideamorphic Studies; its current state is the Theory page.
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